HAR §4-159-38. Lease forfeiture

** (a) Upon the violation of any condition or term of any lease to be observed or performed by the lessee, the board shall, after the notice of default as provided in section 4-159-33, and subject to the rights of each holder of record having a security interest as provided in section 4-159-34, terminate the lease or tenancy and take possession of the leased land, without demand or previous entry and without legal process, together with all improvements placed thereon and shall retain all rent paid in advance as damages for the violations. (b) The board shall have the right to withdraw the demised premises, or any portion thereof, at any time during the term of this lease with reasonable notice and without compensation, except as provided herein, for public uses or purposes, for constructing new roads or extensions, or changes in line or grade of existing roads, for rights-of-way and easements of all kinds, and shall be subject to the right of the board to remove soil, rock, or gravel as may be necessary for the construction of roads and rights-of-way within or without the demised premises; provided that upon the withdrawal or taking which causes any portion of the land originally demised to become unusable for the specific use or uses for which it was demised, the base annual rental shall be reduced in proportion to the value of the land withdrawn or made unusable. If any permanent improvement constructed upon the demised premises by the lessee is destroyed or made unusable in the process of the withdrawal or taking, the proportionate value thereof shall be paid based upon the unexpired term of this lease; provided that no withdrawal or taking shall be had as to those portions of the land which are then under cultivation with crops until the crops are harvested, unless the board pays to the lessee the value of the crops; and provided further that upon withdrawal the lessee shall be compensated for the present value of all permanent improvements in place at the time of withdrawal that 159-57 3620 # DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOSECURITY Chapter 4-159, Hawaii Administrative Rules, on the Summary Page dated August 29, 2025, was adopted on October 28, 2025, following a public hearing held on July 30, 2025, after public notices were given in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, The Garden Island, Hawaii Tribune-Herald, West Hawaii Today, and the Maui News on June 27, 2025. The adoption of chapter 4-159 shall take effect ten days after filing with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Sharon Hurd Sharon Hurd Chairperson Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity APPROVED Josh Green M.D. Josh Green M.D. Governor State of Hawaii Dated: 01/13/2026 APPROVED AS TO FORM: Deputy Attorney General Deputy Attorney General JAN 13 2026 Filed 159-59 3620 3620